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In the calendar, choose which Restore Point to roll your system back to...choose a date before your problem began...Click Next.

You will be prompted to close all applications before completing the Restore process because the computer will restart...Upon completion of the restart, a confirmation screen appears. Click OK to continue to the desktop.

Saigon

Posted 07 September 2005 - 11:51 AM

Saigon

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I turned off the computer and when I turned it on again it just turned out like that. There was a problem before where it was the same but the mouse didnt work but I fixed until it was just some programs that didnt work and now its gone back to the way it was except the mouse works and I cant fix it. Also system restore doesnt work. Ive tried doing system restore every way I could but it doesnt work.

dsenette

Posted 07 September 2005 - 12:32 PM

Tyger

Posted 07 September 2005 - 03:35 PM

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I don't recall a Windows\Sytem32\drivers folder? That must be something added when you installed something. Did you install any kind of hardware or software when this started happening.? It's also possible that malware may be making and using a folder with that name. The entire folder can be deleted in ms-dos but you will need a boot disk to do it.

Saigon

Posted 08 September 2005 - 12:26 PM

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I do have the Windows Installation dask and a load of other disks for windows and I tried every one of them and all failed to do anything. I used the System Configuration Utility to troubleshoot the system a while ago and I found that it was the drivers folder in the system.ini tab that was making it go wrong. I then searched for folders named drivers and found this one to be the one that was causing the trouble. Whether it was there when we got the computer or not I dont know. There has been nothing installed or uninstalled since June other than Everest but I got Everest to try and figure out whats wrong after I read something in here about it.

Tyger

Posted 08 September 2005 - 04:35 PM

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I'm going to put an aside in besides what wannabe is saying. Do you have any kind of zip utility? If you don't you can download a nice one called 7-zip, it's completely free. What you can do is make a zipped copy of the entire drivers folder and then delete the folder. Then check on how the machine works. If it gets back to normal then you know that the driver folder contains the trouble maker. If there is some kind of new problem, with say the video, then you'll know what the drivers are for. If you want to try that get back and tell us what happens.

wannabe1

Posted 10 September 2005 - 08:12 AM

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Hi Saigon...

I'm glad you got your monitor back to normal. What about the rest of the issues you listed in your first post??? Are you still having problems in those areas? Did you try the System Restore as I suggested in post #3?